Fig. 1307.—Bracteate found in Scania. Real size.
Fig. 1308.—Bracteate found at Raflunda, Scania. Real size.
Fig. 1309.—Bracteate found at Lelling, Zeeland. Real size.
One of the facts which attracts great attention is the different mystic signs[[227]] found upon bracteates and other numerous objects represented in these pages. These no doubt had some symbolical meaning, just as the Christian cross when used as an ornament, or placed upon a grave as a symbol.
Fig. 1310.—Runic stone with three horns in the shape of triskele.—Snoldeley, Zeeland.
Some of the signs appear to have been common to various nations, who probably adopted the same religion from which they spring, just as to-day the Christian cross is the emblem of numerous nations or tribes scattered over the globe.